Sam Dundee Joins Hayden AI as Chief Financial Officer

June 11, 2024 at 09:03 AM EDT

Experienced new mobility leader will direct financial strategy and operations

Hayden AI, a global leader in artificial intelligence and spatial analytics, today announced that Sam Dundee has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Dundee will lead financial strategy, corporate development and all back office operations for the rapidly-growing AI company, ensuring that Hayden AI maintains its market lead in mobile automated bus lane and bus stop enforcement and leverages its vision AI technology and spatial analytics platform for additional use cases.

“Sam’s experience scaling and leading finance teams for technology-enabled mobility startups will be tremendously beneficial for Hayden AI,” said Chris Carson, CEO and founder of Hayden AI. “We need leaders who have both the agility and experience to take Hayden AI to the next level, and I am confident that we found that in Sam. I’m thrilled to have him onboard.”

“I’m passionate about technology that makes transportation safer, sustainable, and more efficient, which is part of what drew me to Hayden AI,” said Dundee. “The team at Hayden that Chris has built is what sold me to join. Hayden AI is an incredibly unique and exciting company in the AI space, deploying computer vision and edge technology to help transit agencies deliver safe, reliable, and accessible bus service that riders can depend on. I’m really excited to be part of this mission.”

Prior to joining Hayden AI, Dundee served as the Vice President of Finance at Gatik AI, an autonomous middle-mile logistics provider, where he was the first dedicated finance and accounting hire and successfully led the company through a financing round while scaling the finance and accounting operations. Before Gatik AI, Dundee was the Vice President of Finance and Strategy at Romeo Power, Inc. (“Romeo”, acquired by Nikola), where he led the battery pack engineering company through a Special Purpose Acquisition Merger that resulted in Romeo raising $390 million in equity financing and being publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Born and raised in Vancouver, BC, Dundee received his bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting from Simon Fraser University and his master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Saskatchewan. Dundee is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Canada) (“CPA”) and Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”). He has called the Bay Area home for seven years.

Hayden AI’s patented vision AI platform has made the company the US market leader in mobile automated bus lane and bus stop enforcement, with hundreds of camera systems installed on buses in cities like New York and Washington, DC.

About Hayden AI: At Hayden AI, we’re pioneering real world problem solving powered by AI and spatial analytics. From bus lane and bus stop enforcement to digital twin modeling and more, our clients use our mobile perception system to speed up transit, make streets safer, and create a more sustainable future. Learn more at www.hayden.ai